United Nations Security Council debate on RB-47 in New York. Security Council members seated in UN Security Council chamber in New York United States ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge complains to Security Council that the RB-47 reconnaissance jet shot down by Soviet fighters was on a spy flight and explains it through chart. He reveals the plane's flight was tracked by U.S. secret devices, which show that Red fighters actually attempted to force the plane from its flight over international waters into Red air space before shooting it down.
Match for United States Women's Open Golf Championship in Worcester, Massachusetts. Woman player hits the shot at a golf course. Spectators watch the match. Golf players include Earling Heggie, Joe. In the final round, Betsy Rawls holds a lead and wins her 4th U.S. open.
An officer watches a polo match in the West Indies Federation. A West Indies officer goes to greet the officer as a guest at the polo match. The officer and his party arrive in a motorcade. The guest are seated in chairs to watch the match. Riders on horseback score goals against opposing team on a grass field. The polo players score by driving a small white plastic ball using long-handled mallets.
C-119 Flying Boxcars and Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft, all bearing French markings, take off from a runway in Indochina. Copilot is seen in cockpit of one C-119, with map on a clipboard. (Note, unconfirmed: Copilot appears to be a U.S. military pilot) French paratroops drop from a C-119 over Dien Bien Phu. View from inside a C-119 as pallets of supplies are dropped from the open rear cargo door. Views from inside a B-26 in formation with others. Pilot adjusts throttles. A bomb is dropped. In cabin of a C-119, crew launches a pallet through open rear cargo door. The pallet appears to containin a set of three large bombs. Views of bombs exploding on the ground.
Activities of United States1st Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. U.S. Army UN-1D helicopter lands. Soldiers jump out and run across the grass. Soldiers come across a dead Vietcong. Sergeant searches through the clothing of the dead man.
Activities of United States1st Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. Two medics comfort a seriously wounded American soldier. Face of aid man showing anguish. Soldiers carry wounded on litters to UN-1D helicopter of U.S. Army with red cross. UN-1D takes off.
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